Prediction cuts cost for wheat farmers
Forget red sky at night. Scientists have found a way to predict the quality of the United Kingdom's wheat crop six months in advance by studying variations in the North Atlantic climate. The...
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Scotland eradicates student funding anomaly
Scottish further education this week welcomed a £19.5 million package to help bring student support in line with that in higher education from the autumn. Colleges have long complained that their...
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Bolton turned down in title bid
The Privy Council has rejected Bolton Institute's application to call itself a university, despite an exemplary record of quality assurance and widening participation. The Standing Conference of...
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Cambridge music venue in breach of licensinglaws
Cambridge University's prestigious Kettle's Yard arts centre has been breaking the law by operating as a commercial entertainment venue without a licence. Director Michael Harrison this week admitted...
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Staff told 'cut costs' as UCL is hit by debt
University College London, one of the country's most successful institutions, expects to end the financial year millions of pounds in debt. The institution told The THES it was facing a deficit,...
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Tobacco link causes cancer team to leave
Nottingham University has lost a top research team after its decision to accept tobacco industry funding. David Thurston, director of Nottingham's Cancer Research Campaign gene-targeted drug design...
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Racism is 'endemic' in sector
Higher education is "institutionally racist", according to the United Kingdom's first professor of social justice, writes Phil Baty. Hull University's Gary Craig said in his inaugural lecture this...
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Analysis: What keeps a student home?
Claire Sanders reports on how fear of debt has forced more students to live at home, and THES correspondents (below) explore support schemes outside the UK. Between 1997 and 1999, there was a 40 per...
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Whistleblowers
Senior don leaves LIPA 'This week Paul Kleiman told staff he was no longer able to respect the "abilities, qualities and values of those who purport to lead" LIPA' Another senior figure has quit the...
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Glittering prizes
Birkbeck College, London , has awarded fellowships to: Richard Evans , professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge and fellow of Gonville and Caius College; Peter Mortimore , a former...
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And God had no funding
Old Testament expert Alastair Hunter of Glasgow University's divinity faculty gave scripture a new spin at last week's Association of University Teachers' Scottish council. He described how Adam's...
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V-cs' feast turns famine
Vice-chancellors were tempted to consider such cannibalism at this week's meeting of the International Universities Presidents' Forum in Cardiff. After a drinks reception, they sat down to dinner but...
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Driven to drink by QAA
The Quality Assurance Agency might claim to represent the interests of students when it inspects the quality of teaching in the country's universities. An incident last week, however, demonstrated...
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High-rise washing line
Possibly the most distressing Comic Relief fundraising event last week was that organised by the University of Wolverhampton. It took pairs of pants from local people and hoisted them from the crane...
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Don's Diary
Monday Earlier start to feed sheep, allowing for the ritual of disinfecting and showering. Leave foot-and-mouth epicentre of the South-west to hear second reading of hunting bill in the Lords. Attend...